A Handbook for Asylum seekers in sweden - Tema asyl & integration
A Handbook for Asylum seekers in sweden - Tema asyl & integration
A Handbook for Asylum seekers in sweden - Tema asyl & integration
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The Swedish Migration Board – First <strong>in</strong>stance decisionThe Lawyer <strong>in</strong> the presence of an <strong>in</strong>terpreter makes an <strong>in</strong>terview with you <strong>in</strong> orderto put together reasons/grounds <strong>for</strong> your needs of protection and then sendsyour application to the Migration Board. Here you are expected to give all <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mationthat is related to your need <strong>for</strong> protection. In the <strong>in</strong>terview, throughan <strong>in</strong>terpreter speak<strong>in</strong>g your language, you answer/expla<strong>in</strong> the reasons that madeyou leave your country and why you need protection. The <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation you provide<strong>in</strong> this <strong>in</strong>terview becomes the foundation <strong>for</strong> your application <strong>for</strong> <strong>asyl</strong>umwhich is then used by the Migration Board to decide whether you are entitledto stay <strong>in</strong> Sweden or not. If you have documents <strong>in</strong> support of the <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mationyou are provid<strong>in</strong>g, you must submit them. It is extremely important that youexpla<strong>in</strong> clearly why you are <strong>in</strong> need of protection <strong>in</strong> Sweden. Say<strong>in</strong>g that thegovernment <strong>in</strong> your country violates human rights or that the general situation<strong>in</strong> your country is unstable is not sufficient to allow you to stay <strong>in</strong> Sweden. Youmust expla<strong>in</strong> why your government has an “<strong>in</strong>terest’’ <strong>in</strong> you as an <strong>in</strong>dividual and/or that the government cannot or will not provide you protection from non-stateactors which <strong>in</strong> either case might result <strong>in</strong> you fac<strong>in</strong>g persecution and/or serioushuman rights violations. The same applies if you apply <strong>for</strong> <strong>asyl</strong>um because youhave good reasons to fear capital punishment or torture. You can also apply <strong>for</strong><strong>asyl</strong>um if you need protection due to war (<strong>in</strong>ternal/external) or an environmentaldisaster <strong>in</strong> your native country.The <strong>in</strong>terpreter has the duty of confidentiality but if you feel that they areunreliable or biased <strong>in</strong> their political op<strong>in</strong>ions, you have the right to request achange of <strong>in</strong>terpreter. Female <strong>asyl</strong>um <strong>seekers</strong> can also request to have a female<strong>in</strong>terpreter, lawyer and/or case officer if they want to.In your <strong>asyl</strong>um application, if you provide any <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation which is not true,it may lead to the authorities becom<strong>in</strong>g suspicious of other <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation whichyou have provided. If it is discovered that you have ga<strong>in</strong>ed a residence permit onthe basis of false <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation, your permit may be revoked. In<strong>for</strong>mation concern<strong>in</strong>gthis is usually given to you by the Migration Board.When a written application is prepared and submitted, the case officer at theSwedish Migration Board calls the <strong>asyl</strong>um seeker to a supplementary <strong>in</strong>terviewbe<strong>for</strong>e mak<strong>in</strong>g a f<strong>in</strong>al decision on the <strong>asyl</strong>um application.The wait<strong>in</strong>g period varies from case to case. It can be a few months or muchlonger. If a positive decision is made then the <strong>asyl</strong>um seeker gets a permanentresidence permit (PUT) – sometimes it can be temporary residence permit(TUT) – <strong>in</strong> Sweden and is automatically discharged from the Migration Boardand is placed (settles) <strong>in</strong> a municipality. If a negative decision is made on theapplication the <strong>asyl</strong>um seeker is given two options: either to accept the decisionand return to his/her home country, or appeal the negative decision toA <strong>Handbook</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Asylum</strong> Seekers <strong>in</strong> Sweden | 17